Mildred D. Taylor Quotes

We ain't never gonna lose this land.

I ain't saying you can't do it, Moe. Papa say you can do jus' 'bout anything you set your mind to do, you work hard enough.

No day in all my life had ever been as cruel as this one.

She grabbed his arm. "Let it be, son!" she cried. "That child ain't hurt!"
"Not hurt! You look into her eyes and tell me she ain't hurt!

These are things they need to hear, baby. It's their history.

So many things are possible as long as you don't know they are impossible

Times being like they is and all. But I figure times been hard all my life. Now don't seem so much worse'n any other.

One word can sometimes be sharper than a thousand swords

We Logans don't have much to do with white folks. You know why? 'Cause white folks mean trouble.

There were too many ears that listened for others besides themselves, and too many tongues that wagged to those they shouldn't.